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Baroque Viola Tailpiece

Baroque Viola Tailpiece, natural endgut


Baroque Viola Tailpiece
Baroque Viola Tailpiece
Handmade for an 18" viola using figured maple reclaimed from Decorah's historic East Side School. French polish.

Game table top.

Glue up of apron and leg parts.

Closeup of chessboard corner

Game table top.
Chess Table
Handbuilt from solid domestic cherry, walnut, and hard rock maple. Hand rubbed oil finish.

Leg & Apron of coffee table in American Black Walnut, 2014

Shaving the curve into a table leg, 2014

Coffee table in walnut, 2014

Leg & Apron of coffee table in American Black Walnut, 2014
Coffee Table
Hand-built from air-dried North American Black Walnut.
Oil and shellac finish, Nov. 2014

Alto lute neckblock, yellow cedar.

Frame mould for lute bowl.

Completed lute bowl.

Alto lute neckblock, yellow cedar.
Alto Lute
Alto lute after Georg Gerle, in progress 2017. Cocobolo, holly, yellow cedar.

Completed rosewood endpin and tied gut tailpiece for classical cello.

A blank of amazon rosewood and a carbon fiber endpin.

The completed rosewood turning ready to come off the lathe.

Completed rosewood endpin and tied gut tailpiece for classical cello.
Cello Endpin and Tailpiece Conversion
Classical period cello endpin made to fit in a standard 10mm socket. Allows the player to use a modern endpin or this wooden 19th-century replica without changing the setup of the cello. Amazonas rosewood, carbon fiber, historic tailpiece, endgut by Gamut tied by Benjamin Kratchmer.

View from left side of built-in maple bookcases.

Front of maple bookcase system.

The happy client with their new custom bookcase and storage system.

View from left side of built-in maple bookcases.